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. It therefore included a substantial amount of code, parameters, file specifications and data that are specific to its intended use of building grids of UK observed climate. Thirdly, the code has been migrated across platforms as supporting technologies have evolved. For a long time, the gridding method

of the summer, 37.8°C, was recorded at Heathrow Airport on 31st July 2020; this made it the third hottest day ever recorded in the UK. There was a major summer heatwave in the first half of August for England and Wales. Temperatures reached 36.4°C at Heathrow and Kew Gardens on the 7th and 34°C

). The Newcastle-on-Tyne area was particularly badly affected by flash flooding; rainfall rates of 20 to over 30 mm per hour were widely recorded. The following map shows lightning strikes for 28 June 2012 The wet weather continued to predominate for the first two-thirds of July. Many parts of England

such as tropical cyclones, with an average of 14 per year in the southern Indian Ocean and up to three making landfall each year. In Madagascar and Mozambique tropical cyclones contribute nearly one third of all extreme rainfall in the region, which can have a detrimental impact on the lives of residents

of low pressure across north-east England, with bands of torrential downpours spreading across much of central England and Wales. The analysis chart at 1200UTC 30 September 2024 shows the third area of low pressure centred over East Anglia, responsible for further very wet weather at the end

she Chair’s. The MARG is proving a very valuable forum for understanding and working with third parties who play a key role in communicating the PWS outputs. The membership has grown further and now includes the likes of GB News and TalkTV which means a greater portion of the UK audience

hurricane to make landfall along the U.S. Gulf Coast, causing an estimated $8.3 billion worth of damage. Hurricane Ike (1 st –14 th September) was the strongest hurricane of the season in terms of central pressure (reaching a minimum of 935 mbar). Ike was the third and last hurricane of the season to make

. It was the UK’s third warmest April on record, and the third warmest for all four nations as well. It was also a very dry month, although not record breaking, with the UK recording just over half of the normal April rainfall. Northern Ireland was the only nation to see above average rainfall, with 84.8

a third of years do not record any snow lying. In the Scillies and coastal Cornwall and Devon less than 3 days per year is a typical average. This increases to 5-10 days per year inland with the higher figure applying to north eastern areas. Altitude is significant and a rough guide is an increase

  All four seasons in 2022 were in the top 10 warmest on record for the UK. Winter was the eighth warmest, spring the fifth warmest, summer the fourth warmest and autumn the third warmest.   Dr Mark McCarthy continued: “2022 has been dominated by higher than average temperatures. The record-breaking